Programs & Initiatives
Protecting Arid Lands…
The arid regions of North America are registering massive population growth, and the deserts of California, New Mexico, Arizona, and Nevada are are among the most rapidly disappearing ecosystems in North America.
Preserving Cultural Diversity…
Culture is a measure of humanity's place in nature. Our cultural heritage emphasizes the interconnectedness of natural systems and the many ways humans express and enact their part in the natural world.
Understanding the Environment…
While the foundational arguments of aesthetics, primitive recreation, and solitude remain compelling reasons to preserve wild places, they fail to commuicate the intrinsic human dependence upon our environment.
Conserving Biological Diversity…
We depend on functioning ecosystems to cleanse our water, enrich our soil, produce our food, and create the very air we breathe. Clearly, biological diversity is not something to discard carelessly.